Adeel Akhtar
Birthday: 1980-09-18 | Place of Birth: London, England, UKAkhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions.[3] Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show,[4] Maroush in The Dictator[4] and Smee in Joe Wright and Pan.[5] Akhtar has also won acclaim for his dramatic performances: in 2015, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his 2014 role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia.[6] He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital,[7] and DS Ira King in the BBC's River.[8] Reviewing River in The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan wrote, "This series was beautifully written by Abi Morgan, stylishly directed, and most of all, superbly acted. The quieter, less showy supporting players also shone. Not just stalwarts [...] but fresher faces: Adeel Akhtar as River's endlessly patient sidekick and Georgina Rich as his psychiatrist".[9] In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role,[10] the first non-white actor to do so.[11] He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager.[12] His latest role is as Billy in the 2019 critically acclaimed series on BBC Three, Back to Life, written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Salon. Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Sami Kierce
as Amar
as Readings
as The Maharajah
as The Narrator
as Ali
as Lestrade
as Dad Mouse (voice)
as Dan Rider
as Dr. Aditya Singh
as Iman Masood
as Sam Gill
as Lestrade
as Steve
as Billy
as Carpenter
as Donald's Lawyer
as Maulana Wahdi
as The Maharajah
as Kurt
as Monsieur Thénardier
as Thénardier
as Dr. Barry Shaw
as Mohammed
as Naveed Nanjiani
as Gabe
as Mr. Brittles
as Shahzad
